Diaper



July 23,1935. 7 H. E. DE NDO FF "2, v DIAPER i Filed Jan. 25', 1954INVENTOR- Huberi E. mm/o/f' Attorney Patented July 23, 1935 PATENTOFFICE DIAPER Hubert E. Dendofl, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaApplication January 25, 1934, Serial No. 708,327

Canada December 9, 1933 1 Claim. (Cl. 128-284) This invention relates toimprovements in a baby diaper. Its primary object being to provide adiaper that may be discarded after use and thus dispense with thewashing.

A further object is to provide such a diaper that is constructed of acellulose material such as "Cellophane having a layer of absorbentmaterial secured on the inside thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means whereby thediaper may be pinned together without tearing the Cellophane covering.

A still further object is to devise such a diaper that may bemanufactured very cheaply and that is an improvement over similararticles heretofore offered for sale.

With these and other objects in view that may appear while thedescription proceeds the invention consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically set forth,claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing and in which- Fig. l is ageneral plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows the improved diaper folded.

Referring more in detail to the drawing in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views itwill be seen the invention comprises a sheet of cellulose material I Ipreferably that known as Cellophane on account of its soft, pliable, yetstrong texture. This forms the outer layer and provides a water proofcovering for the inner layers of material.

Said inner layers H are of substantially the same size and shape as thecovering and are to be of suitable absorbent papers of which there aremany now being manufactured for this and other similar purposes.

These inner and outer layers of material are kept in position togetherby means of cotton gauze or other similar suitable material which asshown in the preferred construction of Fig.

1, is formed into triangular portions l2 and secured on the inside andoutside of the diaper 5 either by sewing or any other preferred way insuch a manner that the edges of the inner layer II will be kept withinthe prescribed limits of the covering l0. From Fig. 4 it will be seenthese triangular portions of cotton gauze form means whereby the diapermay be pinned in position on the infant as the same constitutes areinforcing protection for the Cellophane and absorbent material.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a diaper that maybe constructed very inexpensively and may be easily disposed of.

It is believed that the construction and advantages of the structureshown may be apparent from the foregoing paragraphs taken in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawing without further detailed description.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed it isunderstood that minor changes in the details of construction,combination and arrangement of co-operating parts may be resorted towithin the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

I claim:'

In an article of manufacture of the type described, a diaper comprisingan outer layer or covering of pliable waterproof material, an innerlayer of absorbent material completely covering the outer layer and aseries of gauze envelopes 86 adapted to fit over each comer of the outerand inner layers to secure them together and provide reinforcing meansto receive pins for fastening the corners together when the diaper isfolded. o

HUBERT E. DENDOFF.

